People · United States
Alex Berge
3×3 · top 4.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019BERG01
Alex Berge has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.97, set at Sioux Falls Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,736th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since February 2019, he has put 188 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.91 in February 2019 to 8.97, a 61% improvement. Alex has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.97 | 12.44 | top 4.8% | 2,736 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 8.61 | top 11.2% | 1,749 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 2.87 | 3.89 | top 12.9% | 5,115 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 10.77 | top 18.6% | 5,014 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 10.04 | 11.50 | top 25.1% | 1,972 / 9,172 | |
| Square-1 | 19.97 | 27.40 | top 28.0% | 1,858 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.73 | 28.30 | top 28.1% | 3,673 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 55.87 | 1:00.10 | top 31.9% | 5,113 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.50 | 1:52.66 | top 35.0% | 2,814 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:09.88 | 2:21.77 | top 51.3% | 3,914 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:51.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,639 / 2,128 | |
| 6×6 | 5:01.35 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,333 / 4,262 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 22 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing on Lake Superior 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.97 at Sioux Falls Saturday 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Saturday 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at Cubetcha 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019First sub-20 3×3: 18.73 at Fargo Fall 2019.
Competitions
- Cubing on Lake Superior 2024 · 22 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Saturday 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Fargo Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Carter Kucala — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Joseph Ong — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Walker Welch — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.